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| - Girlfriend and I were excited to try. New, small, quaint, personal... then the food came. Cali roll was decent but that was it. Goat cheese appetizer, beet salad, sashimi and scallop entree... all terrible. Waiter recommended the nairagi sashami (special) and after he brought it out (well presented and plated), I picked a piece up and before it was 6 inches from my mouth I got a gut-wrenching whiff of rotten fish... I have had bad sushi before but I have never smelled sushi like this in my life (and I am from the midwest where there are some questionable places). We were subtle about it but before we could tell our waiter, a very nice woman sitting next to us leaned over and said "is that bad? I can smell it from over here... the same thing happened to my husband a few weeks ago", which obviously begged the question of why they would ever come back, but I didn't ask. The waiter tried to convince us it was fine and said they'd been serving it all night, which was both laughable and disturbing. The stench lingered for about 5 minutes after he took the plate away. Scallop entre came, again looking quite visually appealing, but scallops tasted slimy and old and quality aside the recipe was poorly designed and executed.
Worst part was paying almost $70 for one entree and 3 apps... and leaving hungry and sick. We had just gotten back from a weekend in San Francisco where literally for the same prices (most places) you can eat the best food of your life. Not to sound arrogant but it disturbs my soul that these ammateurs can gouge people like this in Cleveland who probably dont know any better.
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